2 Chronicles 21:18

And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
after	וְאַחֲרֵ֖י ve.'a.cha.Rei	H310	properly · conjunction + cardinal number, masculine plural construct
LORD	יְהוָ֧ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
smote	נְגָפ֨וֹ ne.ga.Fo	H5062	to push · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
bowels	בְּמֵעָ֛יו be.me.'Av	H4578	used only in plural the intestines · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
incurable	לְאֵ֥ין le.'Ein	H369	a non-entity · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
disease	לָחֳלִ֖י lo.cho.Li	H2483	malady · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 21:15 And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
Acts 12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
2 Kings 9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 21:12–end

Here we have, I. A warning from God sent to Jehoram by a writing from Elijah the prophet. By this it appears that Jehoram came to the throne, and showed himself what he was before Elijah's translation. It is true we find Elisha attending Jehoshaphat, and described as pouring water on the hands of Elijah, after the story of Elijah's translation (Kg2 3:11); but that might be, and that description might be given of him, while Elijah was yet on earth: and it is certain that that history is put out of its proper place, for we read of Jehoshaphat's death, and Jehoram's coming to the crown, before we read of Elijah's translation, Kg1 22:50. We will suppose that the time of his departure was at hand…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 21:13

hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem . . . like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab--that is, introduced the superstitions and vices of PhÅ“nician idolatry (see on Deu 13:6-14). On this account, as well as for his unnatural cruelties, divine vengeance was denounced against him, which was soon after executed exactly as the prophet had foretold. A series of overwhelming calamities befell this wicked king; for in addition to the revolts already mentioned, two neighboring tribes (see Ch2 17:11) made hostile incursions on the southern and western portions of his kingdom. His country was ravaged, his capital taken, his palace plundered, his wives carried off, and all his children sla…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 21:18

The Lord smote him - "And after all these things the Word of the Lord smote his bowels," etc. - Targum.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 21:18

After all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. What it was is not agreed upon; some take it be an "hernia", or rupture; others, the falling of the "anus", or a fistula in it; others, the colic, or iliac passion; but generally it is thought to be a dysentery, or bloody flux; the Targum is,"the Word of the Lord broke him.''

Dictionary and topics

Jehoram — Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr.…
Afflictions Of The Wicked, The · Exemplified: Jehoram — Exemplified: Jehoram
Bowels · Diseased — Diseased
Disease · .Jehoram — .Jehoram
Diseases · Mentioned in scripture: Dysentery — Mentioned in scripture: Dysentery
Jehoram · . — .
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Jehoram or Joram — Who reigned over Judah: Jehoram or Joram
Sickness · Often incurable by human means — Often incurable by human means

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 21:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 21:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 21:13

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 21:18

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 21:18

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 21:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 21:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 21:13

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 21:18

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 21:18

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 21:18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 21:18-20

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 21:17